In rural areas, the ancients thought that "lanterns" and "ding" were harmonious, so lanterns were closely related to people. The custom of "hanging lanterns on the tenth day of the tenth lunar month, adding Ding is better" is based on this moral, and it is actually to pray for the children born in this year.
On the tenth day of the first month, families with newborns will hang lanterns in advance, with the boy's name written on them and recorded in the genealogy to pray for prosperity and happiness.
In addition, after hanging lanterns, you should also eat "lantern wine" and invite friends and relatives to pray for your children. After the Lantern Festival, when lanterns are picked on the 16th day of the first month, there will be "lantern wine", which is actually a continuation of the folk custom of greeting the New Year.
Other customs are on the tenth day of the first month.
Because the homonym of "ten" is "stone", the tenth day of the first month is also called "stone festival". During the festival, things related to stones must not be offended. For example, stone mills, stone mills and other stone tools that can't move stones at will and break ground have made great contributions to rural farmers and should be grateful. Many places will burn incense and set off firecrackers, and carry out grand worship customs.
Of course, thyme is different from the countryside and thyme is different from the customs. China has a vast territory and different customs. Like our Yantai area, there is a custom of mice marrying women on the third day of the first month every year. We should turn off the lights early, go to bed early and spread food early, so as not to disturb the good things of mice, and pray for a bumper harvest to keep mice from coming to Huohuo crops.
This custom has different dates in different places. Some places are set on the 30th, some on the 25th of the first month, and some on the 10 of the first month, which is actually a beautiful vision for life.